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We present a simple model of high-temperature (T≥108 K) turbulent current sheets forming in magnetic-reconnection regions on the Sun. The model is based on an empirical formula by de Kluiver et al. (1991) for turbulent plasma conductivity and is apparently valid over a wide range of physical conditions. A comparison of the new results with known test calculations suggests agreement between the theoretical and empirical approaches to calculating the anomalous conductivity in turbulent plasma. The energy release in current sheets is powerful enough for flares, coronal transients, and coronal mass ejections to be interpreted.
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Translated from Pis’ma v Astronomicheski\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Zhurnal, Vol. 26, No. 11, 2000, pp. 870–875.
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Oreshina, A.V., Somov, B.V. A simple analytic model of reconnection in a high-temperature turbulent sheet. Astron. Lett. 26, 750–755 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1323282
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